Time and distance recording device



T. BARTON.

TIME AND DISTANCE RECORDING DEVICE.

APPLHIATION FILED MAR.9. 1920.

Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

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TIME AND DISTANCE RECORDING DEVICE.

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T. BARTON.

TIME AND DISTANCE RECORDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. 1920.

1,404,683, Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

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TIME AND DISTANCE RECORDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

Application filed March 9, 1920. Serial No. 364,368.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS BARTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and the State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Time and Distance Recording Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to time and distance recording devices, particularly adaptable to auto trucks.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved device for feeding a recording tape in auto trucks and the like, whereby an accurate record may be kept of the time of stops and the distances traversed in a given period of time. A more specific object is to generally improve, simplify and condense the structure of such devices, and to provide a device which will be automatically operative when going in the desired direction and automatically inoperative when going in the opposite direction.

A further object of this invention is to provide an apparatus of this type whereby a greater number of miles may be recorded, not increasing the space required for the apparatus, and further to reduce the amount of record carrying material.

W'ith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination, detail and arrangement of parts as and iereinafter claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of this device.

Figure 2 is a section at 2-2 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section at 3-3 in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a section at 41 in Figure 1..

Figure 5 is a detail showing member 4 of Figure 2 and parts co-operative therewith.

n the embodiment of my invention there is provided a shaft 2 suitably j ournaled and mounted in a housing 3, and adapted to interlock and be rotated by the usual flexible shaft from the automobile transmission. On the upper end of the shaft is mounted a dog 4, in the path of which is a radial projection from a shaft 5. Mounted on the lower end of the shaft 5 is a radial projection 6, in the form of a spear-head, upon which is mounted a pawl 7 held by a spring 8, yieldingly against a ratchet 9, so that when the dog 4 is rotated in one direction it engages the spear-head 6, causing the more fully described pawl 7 mounted thereon to rotate the ratchet 9 but when rotated in the reverse CllIQCtlOD, 7 1

the dog 4 rotates the spear-head 6 in the reverse irection, but causes no movement of the ratchet 9.

Mounted also upon the shaft 5 in fixed relation thereto, is a worm 1O driving a worm gear 11. The worm gear 11 in turn actuates a gear 12 mounted on the same shaft, which co-mesl1es with a gear 13 actuating the same. This gear actuates a gear 14 mounted on the same shaft as gear 13; the gear 1 1 co-meshes with a gear 15, which actuates a gear 16 mounted on the same shaft. The gear 16 co-meshes with an idler gear 17, which comeshes with a gear 18, there being mounted on the shaft co-axial with the gear 18, a reel 19, which reel 19 is provided with a thumb nut 20 for releasing the same from a shaft 21 and is also held in predetermined position by a spring washer 22.

A tape 23 is provided to wind about a reel or spool 19, and passes through rollers 24 and 24 and passes over a stationary drum or frame 25 from a secondary spool 19'.

This tape is suitably divided and pre pared, the mileage being recorded lengthwise and the time being recorded crosswise of the tape, eliminating waste or use of tape when the car or truck is not in actual operation. The tape is divided lengthwise in sections of one mile and crosswise to record in spaces of six hour or twelve hour division; in other words, the recorder or pencil will mark either six hours or twelve hours in travelling from one side of the tape to the other, and continues to record the following six hours or twelve hours when travelling in the opposite direction.

The mechanism for operating the record is as follows: The hand driving mechanism I of the clock 26 is provided with a heart cam 27, mounted upon one of the shafts thereof, which heart cam gives an oscillatory motion to a lever 28, pivoted at 28 which lever 28 is connected by a link 28*, pivoted at 28 to a bell crank 28 which bell crank 28 is pivoted at 28 to a bracket 28', said link and lever being co-pivoted at 28 The link 28 is provided with suitable play so that, upon the downward motion of the left-hand end of the lever 28, as shown in Figure 3, the bell crank 28 will have a counter-clockwise motion upon its pivot 28. The bell crank which lever 29 is connected by a pivot 29 to a bifurcated bracket 29, the said link 29 and the said lever 2-9 being co-pivoted at 29". Thus, upon the cormter-clockwise rotation of the bell crank 28 the said link 29, which is pivoted thereto at 29 will move 'to the left drawing the said lever 29 likewise to the left upon its pivot 29. Pivotally mounted at 29 at the top of said lever 29' is a stylus retaining member 30 carrying a pencil 31, which, upon the movement of said lever 29 to the left, as shown in Figure 2, likewise moves to the left, causing the pencil to mark upon the tape 23. A

spring 32 serves to push the pencil point against the surface of the tape by pressing upon the top of the mount 30.

' It is quite obvious that when the machine is at rest there is no tape consumed, although a record is kept of the time during this rest; and it is also quite obvious from the structure set forth that a minimum amount of tape will be required to completely keep a record of the time of rest or the time of travel durlng a given period of travel.

reba es guide, and means for marking said tape as said tape moves over said guide. 7

2. An odometer coeoperating with a clock in recording timeiand distance comprising a casing normally adapted to forma shell for a clock and the mechanism of the odometer and clock arranged within the casing all substantially behind'the normal face of the fclock. p i V x r V 3'. A clock provided with an annular hous-,

ing, a tape, means for moving's aid tape, a guide for said'tape in concentric relation to said housing, and mechanism for marking said tape by the operation of said clock, said mechanism beginning within said guide and extending to the exterior thereof,

THOMAS BARTON. 

